"You're seriously going to do this." Martha voiced while my shackles sounded as I pounded leaves in a small mortal."I don't have a say in this Martha." I replied."But you have a choice, Zeus." She insisted.I paused in my work."If I don't make this potion, Green won't rest and she might do something drastic." I explained even though every part of my body hated the nonsense I was sputtering out."So it's better this way." I continued pounding."And you're fine with this?" She queried as she sat on the floor opposite me. "For how long are you going to keep yielding to her?"My teeth gritted for a while and my body stiffened."I'm not fine with it but I'm hoping one day she'll realize something." I said whilst my mind was busy playing my mate's heart wrenching words."Zeus, if you don't take charge at one point or the other, Green will keep on repeating her love hate cycle for you."I sighed."That's the thing, Green doesn't like to be taken charge of. She likes to be in control and yo
In the end, I was deceiving myself. Both of us regretted it or better said, I mostly did. And as usual, she landed me in prison. This time for a week but here I was in my room again, a free man. I wondered why she released me again, probably for us to repeat our love hate cycle. But I wouldn't lie, I sincerely wished there was another way to root myself deep into her heart. More than ever I wanted to see my mother again, perhaps her spirit could guide me through but unfortunately, even the limbo state failed to favor me.I stood before my mirror, admiring the crescent plus half sun mark on my neck. The marks of mates were usually like a faint bite mark but ours was different. Ours was unique even though I didn't know why. Yet Green was still hellbent on making it disappear. I heaved a light sigh as I sauntered out of my bathroom. I reviewed the luxurious room wondering what I should do today. Perhaps a little break from my mate would make these impending worries disappear."Perhaps I s
"Lady Green," said the voice of a lady behind me. "You requested my presence." She said courteously. I held the green Vampire gem towards the small window so it reflected different colors. "Henceforth Celine, you're taking Martha's position as my second in command. And your duties begin now.""As you wish."I turned slightly to the brown haired lady."Go to the major clans under Marr with my elite army now. Tell the Clan leaders I asked them to release hundreds of their worst prisoners." I paused as my gaze returned to the gem."You know what to do next. Kill them. Not even a single prisoner should live. And then I want each Clan Leader to report to me before the sun sets tomorrow. Tell them," I paused again. "In their report, they should say the Lycan attacked them and killed some of their members.""Permit me to ask but why are we putting the blame on the Lycan. He can't even dare to attack any of our clans." I donned a sinister smile."Because I need Zeus more than ever to win this
"Why are you doing this to us Zeus?""Why?" She cried and I just kept staring like an idiot as Luna Isabel and Myra wriggled in their bondage. They were tied to chairs in a cottage, one of my secret hideouts back then."We gave you what you want, why are you hurting us again?" Luna asked and I just remained like a statue unable to find the right answer. I asked myself, why was I indeed doing this. I knew abducting the Lycan's family was wrong but I was doing this for my mate. Even though I didn't know exactly why she was waging war, I still supported her. "Why?" She asked again and my eyes lowered. I relived the whole thing again. How I had gotten here, how I chose this ugly path.************"That's not how you water this one!" I pitched causing Green to stop abruptly. She frowned slightly as she held the pipe before the flower."I've nurtured this garden for centuries so how could I be possibly getting it all wrong?" She grimaced. I inched closer to her with a smirk before retriev
"You took my Family." The Lycan growled with eyes glowering like brimstone fire."And now you dare to wage war against my land, all for an artifact that will never be yours!" He yelled and the birds in the forest flew haphazardly in the air. But I smiled, admiring the little courage beaming in his eyes. I glanced at his Werewolves, they were about four hundred or so. Flashing their golden yellow eyes, ready to lurch at me. But deep in their hearts, they knew they were no match for my elite army of hundred. I took a few steps towards him, closing the meters separating us."All this could have been averted if you had simply given me what I wanted beforehand." I smirked."Not while I'm alive will the Werewolf Hide be yours." He swore and I wriggled my head."So you've decided to lead these weaklings against me. All this innocent blood shed for nothing." I glared at the few my eyes could catch and the only thing I could sense beneath their bravery facade was fear."And do you think this
"Don't do this to me Zeus.""Don't do this to me Zeus!" Her silky voice whispered. Broken and filled with guilt as her palms cusped around my face."Zeus!" She pleaded and for the first time, I could tell how deeply my mate meant these words. For the first time, she was begging for mercy"Zeus!" She pressured again, tapping my lifeless face repeatedly."I love you." She mumbled without hesitation. "I love you Zeus!" She affirmed again, this time leaning against my blood coated shirt as she sobbed."Don't do this to me Zeus..""Don't do this..." My eyes jolted awake immediately. I sat up with my body covered in sweats, my heart thumping faster than usual. I frowned at the bedsheets while the morning rays lit up my room. For a while my mind kept playing that nightmare over and over again. But I had a strong feeling this wasn't a nightmare, this was a vision. I was going to die. Green was going to lose me. I gasped at that thought, I tried to get the negativities out but her voice pitch
"Assuming I didn't come, would you have agreed to Eren?" I asked as I stopped a few meters away from her mansion. She turned to me, unable to find an answer. I exhaled, my breaths visible under the moonlights. As my gaze refused to stay clear of her, I recalled the entire scenery again. How Eren had curled his arm around her waist, how he had almost killed her and she didn't resist. How Impulse had thirsted to kill the Dragon Lord."Yes. It was the only way to get the Dragon stone." She muttered and my palms curled into a fist. Tiny tears began to grace my eyes."Are you that desperate?" I asked in a broken voice. "What about me? What about us? So you were going to marry that bastard all for a useless artifact!""That artifact is more important than you. And thanks to you, I've lost my chance to get it." She retorted with a glare and my pain only worsened."As far as I'm concerned, there was no us from the beginning. I hated you and I still do. I never wanted you but you kept on enfor
"So in the end, you got the artifacts." Lilith mumbled but I kept staring at the loamy floor like one who was enchanted."I mean, it's almost unbelievable you got them within a short period of time. I'm even particularly surprised at how you managed to outsmart Eren without waging war against him...." She continued to rant but my mind was elsewhere. I could only think about the night. For the first time he cried, for the first time he stood up against me and for the first time, he left me. I should have just chosen to pacify him rather than start an argument. But my ego didn't let me, my stubbornness to just yield to this love once again had its say. Even though I didn't want it, my mind kept replaying his heart wrenching words."This is why Martha left you.""Maybe you're not so different from your Father after all.""I don't want to see you. I don't want to be by your side anymore. I don't want to be with someone that fails to see my worth." I rubbed my chest gently trying to soot